Education & Pedagogy

This bibliography, in two parts, analyzes articles appearing in 700 periodicals. More than 10,500 entries appear, and over half are annotated. The article groupings are: international education, international cooperation, educational and cultural exchange, brain drain, foreign students in the United States, Americans and American education abroad, medicine in international education, technical assistance and development education, and geographical areas. (MSE)

This document contains 12 position statements of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The statements affirm positions on basic skills, mathematics and bilingual/bicultural education, class size, guidance and counseling for secondary-school counselors and mathematics teachers, involvement of and pressures on classroom teachers, individual differences, the metric system, use of calculators, competency-based teacher education, computers, and career education. (MS)

These proceedings present transcripts of the speeches relating environmental education to the forest products industry, health education, urban forestry, and natural history museums. Other speeches include the Florida model of environmental education, designing visual presentations, stress in natural and man-made environments, energetics, and solar energy. The booklet includes newsletters, the business meeting minutes, and a survey of the membership. (MR)

This annotated bibliography covers: (1) black colleges in America, (2) characteristics of the new community college student, (3) college cooperative education, (4) college teaching internship, (5) the department chairman, (6) financing higher education, (7) leadership, (8) organizational theories for higher education administration, (9) statewide planning and cooperation of higher education, and (10) student personnel services. (Author)

Papers presented at this conference relate to redefining conceptual and program parameters for educating handicapped children and serving handicapped young persons previously unserved or underserved by the public schools. The papers address critical issues, legislation and litigation, program implications, and program practices. (Author/MLF)

The module, part of a vocational teacher education curriculum unit, is designed to prepare the vocational education teacher in occupational analysis. The module contains seven learning experiences which require the prospective vocational education teacher to plan an occupational analysis and to analyze specific occupations with the aid of resource people and existing occupational analyses. A supplementary section contains checklists, evaluation forms, self-tests, and information sheets related to the learning experiences. (NJ)

Presented is a paper on many developments in the training and retraining of school biology teachers. The author analyzes teacher education in the biological sciences on an international basis to find similarities in approaches. The need to develop in teachers an awareness of the importance of retraining, and the problem of evaluation of retraining programs are other main topics discussed by the author. An extensive (272 item) bibliography is included. (CP)

The inservice teacher education course described is designed to aid the elementary school teacher to either help install a career education program or enrich such a program already established. Included in this descriptive report is an outline of the scope and sequencing of topics contained in the modules, activities, and resources involved in use of the product, and ordering information. A critique of the modules is provided. (JD)

The described teacher inservice education program is designed for elementary school teachers and administrators who are interested in child development in relation to individually guided education. The scope and sequencing of topics in the program are outlined, and the activities and resources involved are described. Ordering information for materials is provided, and a critique of the program is included. (JD)

This master plan for energy education consists of the following sections: (1) a rationale statement; (2) an energy policy statement; (3) general goals and objectives; (4) a status report for existing energy education programs in Florida; (5) an overview of alternative strategies for implementing an energy education program statewide; (6) organizational and implementation structure; (7) implementation plan and program for major energy education target groups; (8) evaluation and assessment programs; and (9) environmental residual efforts. (Author/RH)

The literature review identifies resources innovative program practices, and training materials in the area of arts for handicapped children and youth. Entries are divided into the followinq categories: arts instruction, professional education--special education, professional preparation--therapies, professional development--recreation, and existing arts programs--curriculum development. Listings are provided alphabetically by author and include author and title, publisher/source, publication date and a brief description. (SBH)

Twenty sample career education implementation plans for grades 4-6 are included in this document. Goals, objectives, activities, and potential resources are identified for the following six areas: personal development, career and occupational awareness, economic understanding, citizenship, family life, and human relations. The career education legislation enacted by the commonwealth of Kentucky precedes the plans and defines each of the six areas. (BM)

Designed for school administrators, this booklet contains four instruments developed and validated by the Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC) project to evaluate career, economic, and community education programs in Florida Schools. The instruments included in this document are intended to survey (1) career education directors, (2) placement/follow-up directors, (3) school coordinators, and (4) community education directors. (A User's Manual for the complete battery of EPIC instruments is available in ERIC as CE 017 395). (BM)

Nineteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Four of the reports deal with concept formation, two with aptitude-treatment interaction, two with teacher characteristics, eight with instruction, eight with student characteristics, five with achievement, two with preservice teachers, and one with problem solving. Research related to mathematics education which was reported in RIE and CIJE between July and September 1978 is listed. (MP)

Included in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" are 9 abstracts and critical analyses of articles published in professional journals by science educators of research reports in the areas of instruction, teacher education and learning. Each abstract-analysis includes biographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and the abstractor's analysis of the research. (PEB)